This is really creative

I think this site’s ad was the first ad in Facebook that actually caught my interest enough to click through:

http://fiftydollarhouse.com/

You pay 50 bucks to enter a lottery for a million dollar home. (These days a ‘million dollar home’ probably means many things to many people, but it looks like a nice spot.)

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I like the idea of applying the lottery structure onto something other than a pool of money, especially if it helps your odds quite a bit.

It’s kind of a mashup of the philanthropic microfunding model and a traditional lottery.

I don’t think I’d ever play the lottery (unless in a work pool), but I am really thinking about buying a ticket or two for this…

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Here’s some local news coverage and some info on the charity some of the proceeds go towards:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R_bnPVF1_s&hl=en&fs=1]

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